Chad Ochocinco Spends $8,000 Treating Fans To Dinner

Flashing The Cash...

New England Patriots player Chad Ochocinco, took care of nearly 200 fans when he dropped nearly $8,000 buying them all dinner.

The American football stud sent out an invite to fans in the New York area offering to pay for their dinner for the first 200 people that showed up.

His three million followers went crazy when the football star tweeted: "Dinner in NY tonight --> 1st 200 people at Sylvia's Restaurant by 7 pm in Harlem. Leave ya money/credit cards at home. I got you this time."

Hundreds of hungry fans turned up at Sylvia's Soul Food Restaurant in Harlem, with 200 fans patiently waiting for the star to turn up.

According to TMZ, Ochocinco treated them all to a feast including southern styled chicken wings, BBQ ribs, macaroni and cheese and red velvet cupcakes.

The star thanked people for coming and even gave out his phone number to fans, he later tweeted and apology to his service provider, writing, @motorola Just gave 200 new friends my Droid Razr number. Please excuse the increase in traffic to my device. Sincerely: "The Black Guy".

Ochocinco was accompanied by his mother, sister, and future in-laws, unfortunately his fiancé Evelyn Lozada, was unable to join the group of 200 plus for dinner.